October 5th, 2009 § § permalink
I was in Kansas City this past weekend for a fly-by reception for my friend Chris Weeks. I was in town for all of 40 hours (maybe) and had to head straight back out, because I am getting married to Melissa Shinn this Saturday. I got to KCI (MCI) at 3pm, because my flight left at 4:14 and immediately the flight was delayed for mechanical issues, so they were going to be between 15minutes and 45 minutes late. We finally got on the plane, flew at 40,000 feet to Denver, CO. We started circling because there were some crazy winds on the ground and the runways were closed. Then we started to run out of fuel, so we descended into… » Read More
June 8th, 2009 § § permalink
Truth be told, I was not going to go to StartupWeekend-Boulder last weekend. I was going to go camping with my Fiance. However, the weather worked out so that was a bad idea (wet tents and apartment life mean lots of mold). Not only that, but my friend Jason was all over me about StartupWeekend. At one point he seriously said, You MUST go if you are serious about startups. My first reaction to this was that Jason was just being obsessive. Turns out, my gut reaction was way wrong. I thanked Jason probably three different times for harrassing me (about 12 emails… seriously) to go. Why did I thank Jason? Because, not only did I go, I pitched an… » Read More